# Copyright (C) 2007 Laszlo Pandy <laszlok2@gmail.com>
#
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
# Library General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
# License along with this library; if not, write to the
# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

import datetime
Date = datetime.date

def strCmp(str1, str2):
	if type(str1) == type(str2) == str:
		return cmp(str1.lower(), str2.lower())
	return -1

def strEq(str1, str2):
	if type(str1) == type(str2) == str:
		return str1.lower() == str2.lower()
	return False

def isValidDateStr(string):
	try:
		(year, month, day) = [int(x) for x in string.split("-")]
		Date(year, month, day)
		return True
	except:
		return False

def dateFromStr(string):
	(year, month, day) = [int(x) for x in string.split("-")]
	return Date(year, month, day)

def getDateStr(year, month, day):
	return str(Date(year, month, day))

def getTodayDateString():
	return str(Date.today())
